Re: Armenian Music

Religion will always baffle me... fighting to the death over something nobody really knows.. I don't know. But if I were forced into a religion I could easily rank my preferences from least to most desirable.. and for some reason bowing to Mecca 3x a day always ranks as one of the least desirable options... I'd rather be a fire worshiper, lol. Islam conquered Zorastrianism though didn't it?

I always find myself wondering, what if Jesus didn't want to be crucified. What if he was crucified against his will. Would that mean Christians worshipping a false-god? Even worse, what if Jesus never wanted people to worship him, so on top of being crucified he gets deified as well. The first copies of New Testament took a long long time after his death to pop up and there are inconsistencies. This is not a slam against Christianity as it has produced a more profound culture than Islam could ever hope to achieve. Yet sometimes I wonder what Nordic Pagan belief systems could have (or did) achieved. Sometimes I wonder if Judeo-Christianity was the true collapse of the Roman empire. Not that I actually care about any of these things besides the culture which I or my children have to live in. I say the 'founding fathers' of America had profound beliefs, such as Thomas Paine, they seemed to be followers in belief and reason, rather than superstitious dogma.